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Marquette Army ROTC Headed To International Ranger Challenge At West Point
MILWAUKEE — Marquette Army ROTC will compete at the 2019 Sandhurst International Ranger Challenge Competition at West Point, New York, in April. The Golden Eagle Battalion took first place in the nine-cadet competition at Ft. Leonard Wood in November against 42 senior collegiate Army ROTC programs and over 100 major colleges and universities in the…
Founder Of Marquette University’s Center For Peacemaking Honored By The Foley Foundation
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Terrence Rynne, founder of the Center for Peacemaking and instructor of theology at Marquette University was honored by the James W. Foley Foundation with the 2019 Humanitarian of the Year award for his work in conflict resolution and peacemaking at its Foley Foundation Freedom Awards gala last night in Washington, D.C. Rynne…
Marquette Student-Written Play Honored By The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
MILWAUKEE – The play “White Privilege,” written by Marquette University student Malaina Moore, was awarded the prestigious Citizen Artist Award by the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival national selection team. The Citizen Artist award recognizes that theatrical production is central to urgent community, national and international conversations on campuses of higher education. “This award reflects and reinforces the mission of Marquette Theatre,…
New York Times Columnist David Brooks To Serve As Marquette’s Commencement Speaker
MILWAUKEE — David Brooks, the New York Times best-selling author and political commentator, will serve as Marquette University’s Commencement speaker on Sunday, May 19. As part of the university’s Commencement ceremony, he will receive an honorary doctor of letters degree. Sister Ann M. Durst, SHCJ, founder of Casa Cornelia Law Center in San Diego, will receive an honorary doctor…
Marquette Professor Awarded $1.9 Million Grant For Spinal Cord Regeneration Project
Dr. Murray Blackmore, associate professor of biomedical sciences in the College of Health Sciences at Marquette University, has received a $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a five-year project that targets regenerating injured nerve cells in spinal cord injuries. The grant is his third NIH grant of more than $1 million…
Marquette Names New Vice President For Human Resources
Claudia Paetsch joins university from Northwestern Mutual
Diederich College Of Communication Announces 2019-20 O’Brien Fellows
The J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication announced today the next class of journalists joining the O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism. Marquette student journalists will assist the fellows, who are expected to arrive in Milwaukee in August. The incoming Fellows for the 2019–20 academic year are: “We’re thrilled to support these journalists…
Experts Available For March Madness Stories
MILWAUKEE — As March Madness takes over the national conversation with the NCAA Tournaments for men’s and women’s basketball on the horizon, several members of the Marquette University faculty are available for coverage. Please contact any of these experts directly or contact Kevin Conway, associate director of university communication, or Anne Broeker, communication specialist, to…
Marquette Student Named Newman Civic Fellow
MILWAUKEE — Aimeé Navarro Villegas, a junior anthropology major at Marquette University, was one of 262 students named a Newman Civic Fellow by the Boston-based nonprofit group Campus Compact. A Milwaukee native, Navarro Villegas has been committed to undoing social inequality and helping build strong communities through her several commitments and actions both on and…
Marquette University Receives Two Honors At Annual Jesuit Conference
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University received two honors last weekend at the annual Jesuit Association of Student Personnel Administrators conference at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Marquette received the 2019 JASPA Ignatian Medal for Outstanding Commitment to Diversity and Social Justice for its RISE program. RISE, which stands for Ready to Inspire Success and Excellence, is an orientation…